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[second_first]

[Rei is sitting on her bed with her knees drawn up and her arms wrapped around her legs. The room is dimly lit except for light coming through a thin crack in her curtains. Her face is turned away from the camera as she looks out through the space in the curtains. The bandages she had been sporting as she moved through people's dreams are absent in reality, though there is mottled bruising on her forearms.]

So that is dreaming.

[She's silent and unmoving for several long moments.]

A waste of time.

[She goes back to staring out the window. The feed times out.]

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[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

[Well this throws Mukuro in a loop. He's seen this girl in his dreams before, but because she was the one to not look out of place he didn't actually figure her to be...real.

But no matter. He'll just repay the favor now and stare at Rei over the network screen until she notices.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Since Rei can sense when people are looking at her even through the network, shut up, it only takes her a few seconds to look over at the feed.

Interesting. He is clearly older in reality. No need to point that out though--no doubt he has also noticed.]

Yes?

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

I've met you before, haven't I?

[Mukuro is smiling kindly. It's a little more tactful than his original question: 'Who are you?' And that's good enough for him.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

In your dream.

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

Right. In that dream.

So then, you've not truly found a role to be happy in have you?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

No. Then I died.

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

Kuhaha... but it doesn't seem like death has stopped you from continuing here. How interesting.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

It is a strange place.

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[He laughs briefly and then smiles.]Please, allow me to give you my offer again: Let's find a role to fill together.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

What kind of role exists here? [It's a partially rhetorical question.]

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd told you it doesn't matter. We'll make them if we find nothing suitable.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[She nods just slightly at that. That's good enough then. For now, anyway.]

Your name?

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

[Damn right it is.]

Mukuro. My name is Rokudou Mukuro. And you are?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Hopefully he won't get the idea that she's his puppet. :|]

Ayanami Rei.

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

[He knows her now, she's free game :|]

Kufufu....It's very nice to meet you, Rei~

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[He can try, but she's surprisingly disagreeable at times. :|]

...Yes.

[youwillbe-mist.livejournal.com]

[Well, its a good thing Mukuro already has experience in getting teenage girls to do his bidding :|]

Hmhm, don't worry - I won't disappoint you.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[We'll see.]

It would be hard.